MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 3Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 34.69,-98.14 Latitude: 34.69 Longitude: -98.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 144 SFC 975 370 26.5 18.9 63 7.6 21.2 143 7 301.9 304.5 295.3 343.9 14.27 2 950 600 28.8 17.7 51 11.1 21.1 157 23 306.5 309.0 296.0 347.2 13.56 3 900 1078 24.4 16.3 61 8.1 18.8 165 22 306.7 309.1 295.7 346.1 13.10 4 850 1575 19.7 15.3 76 4.3 16.7 168 22 306.7 309.2 295.7 345.9 13.01 5 800 2097 20.7 -9.4 12 30.1 6.7 173 6 313.2 313.7 289.0 320.8 2.34 6 750 2649 17.4 -3.9 23 21.3 6.4 349 3 315.5 316.2 291.0 327.7 3.81 7 700 3234 13.3 3.2 50 10.1 7.4 343 11 317.3 318.6 294.1 339.2 6.92 8 650 3854 10.4 -7.9 27 18.3 1.6 350 13 320.7 321.3 292.1 331.4 3.24 9 600 4512 5.1 -12.0 28 17.0 -2.3 347 16 322.0 322.5 291.9 330.5 2.55 10 550 5214 -1.1 -10.4 49 9.3 -5.1 350 19 322.8 323.4 292.6 333.3 3.14 11 500 5965 -7.1 -22.3 28 15.2 -11.8 0 23 324.4 324.6 291.4 328.8 1.27 12 450 6778 -12.3 -28.3 25 16.0 -16.3 360 23 327.8 327.9 291.9 330.8 0.82 13 400 7667 -18.3 -34.5 23 16.2 -21.5 346 25 331.2 331.3 292.6 333.1 0.51 14 350 8648 -25.5 -36.0 37 10.5 -27.3 337 30 334.3 334.4 293.4 336.2 0.50 15 300 9749 -33.3 -40.0 51 6.7 -34.1 333 28 338.4 338.5 294.3 339.9 0.39 16 250 11002 -43.8 -52.3 39 8.4 -44.3 321 30 340.9 340.9 294.7 341.4 0.12 17 200 12459 -54.8 -63.7 32 9.0 -54.9 327 36 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.04 18 150 14260 -63.5 -78.3 12 14.8 -63.7 325 19 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.7 0.01 19 100 16725 -66.7 -86.7 4 20.0 -66.8 175 4 398.9 398.9 305.0 398.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5820.69 m Freezing level: 558.79 mb = 5091.02 m = 16702.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.29 mb = 4120.14 m = 13517.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.22 % Est. max temperature: 34.53 C = 94.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 872.95 mb = 1343.42 m = 4407.51 ft T: 21.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.48 C/km ThetaE index: 26.36 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 685.16 mb = 3413.17 m = 11197.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.80 C = 109.03 F Cap Strength: 6.10 C Lifted Index: -2.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.78 C Showalter Index: -2.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.18 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.74 C Cross Totals Index: 22.44 C K Index: 31.98 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 254.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 780.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 430.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 811.32 mb = 1975.75 m = 6482.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 566.32 mb = 4978.61 m = 16333.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 196.32 mb = 12575.77 m = 41258.58 ft B at Equ Level: 769.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.32 mb = 14841.54 m = 48692.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 0.3 at 15.7 knts Storm direction: 30.3 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 131.9 neg: -24.3 tot: 107.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.53 Bulk Rich Number: 5.12 Bulk Shear: 152.38 m/s